NancyLebovitz comments on Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 November 2014 01:03:52PM 6 points [-]

Alternate suggestions for making families stronger-- oppose whatever tends to weaken family ties.

Make divorce more difficult and/or more discouraged. Teach people how to be good companions.

http://www.businessinsider.com/lasting-relationships-rely-on-2-traits-2014-11

Discourage people from throwing their children out. This means discouraging homophobia and transphobia.

Support telecommuting. Being geographically scattered is hard on families.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 November 2014 04:05:13PM 3 points [-]

Make divorce more difficult and/or more discouraged.

That doesn't make families stronger -- that makes people who hate each other live together (usually with pretty bad results).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 November 2014 04:08:13PM 2 points [-]

It does, but less divorce might still make for more stability in extended families. I don't know whether the effects of divorce on extended families has been studied.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 November 2014 04:29:57PM 0 points [-]

I think that in this context stability is the wrong thing to optimize for.

Comment author: Azathoth123 22 November 2014 04:41:58AM *  2 points [-]

Make divorce more difficult and/or more discouraged.

Yes, NRx's are trying to do that too.

Discourage people from throwing their children out. This means discouraging homophobia and transphobia.

Is there an actual logical connection between those two sentences that isn't a fully general argument against parents insisting on any ethical standards from children?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 22 November 2014 08:53:17AM 2 points [-]

You could distinguish between behavior which is clearly dangerous to other members of the family, and behavior which isn't.